Clinical versus coding definitions: Challenges associated with translation
by Trey La Charité, MDWhen providers use different definitions for the same disease, confusion and chaos result. Inaccurate definitions allow Recovery Auditors (formerly called RACs) ample...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features ICD-9-CM codes for diseases of the upper respiratory tract. (View)
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What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for juvenile osteocondrosis of the os tibiale externum?a. 732.2b. 732.3c. 732.4d. 732.5 Know the answer and want to be featured in the next issue of JustCoding News:...
View ArticleProduct of the week: ICD-10-PCS Multiple Procedures: Identify Guideline...
The ICD-10-PCS guidelines for reporting multiple procedures could trip up inpatient coders because some of them differ from current coding practice. ICD-10-PCS includes guidelines specifically for...
View ArticleQ&A: Coding an excisional debridement
Q: Where can I go to find out if the word “excisional” must be written by the doctor to code an excisional debridement?A: Many professional coders will say that the physician must include the word...
View ArticleHealthcare news: Recovery Auditors find incorrect discharge status codes
An automated Recovery Auditor review of discharge status codes identified improper payments, according to the Medicare Quarterly Compliance Newsletter. However, CMS did not report the prevalence of the...
View ArticleRefresh your knowledge of CC/MCCs
ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM/PCS are currently under a code freeze as the industry prepares for ICD-10 implementation. As a result, CMS has made only minimal changes to the CC and MCC lists for the past...
View ArticleResolve seventh character questions before ICD-10 implementation
One of the new concepts ICD-10-CM introduces is the seventh character. As coders have prepared for ICD-10-CM, they have raised questions about how to select the correct seventh character. Coders can...
View ArticleDrill down into PSI 7 to improve quality reporting
This is the third in a series of four articles on Patient Safety Indicator (PSI) 90.In the first article in this series, we provided an introduction and overview of the PSI 90 measure, which is...
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A new query in our Coding Sample Policies and Forms:ICD-10-CM query template example: Respiratory failureAlso on JustCoding PlatinumDid you see this in ourClinical Conditions Encyclopedia?PneumoniaBe...
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Test your knowledge with this week’s free quiz, which features ICD-9-CM codes for open wounds of the upper and lower limbs. (View)
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How is your organization using dual coding as a training tool for ICD-10?Coders dual code the same record natively in ICD-9-CM and ICD-10 every week.Coders dual code different records natively in...
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Congratulations to this week’s winner, Cathy Dunsing, RN, CDI specialist at Community Medical Center in Missoula, Montana. Cathy correctly answered this question: What is the correct ICD-9-CM code for...
View ArticleProduct of the week: Malnutrition Coding and CDI Case Study: Build an EHR...
Find out how one facility created an electronic health records (EHR) solution to improve malnutrition capture. Hear from the architect of the solution as he explains how facilities can create a...
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